Tuesday, November 11, 2008

"Country First" my ass...

The shrieking about Obama’s election has still not ceased from the losers of this last election. In fact, it seems as though so many of them are emotionally invested in the failure of Barrack Obama, even two months before he has taken office. This strikes me as odd, since President-elect Obama can only possibly fail if the nation fails. That is the measuring stick for Mr. Obama. If you want our nation to excel, you must want Obama to excel. Likewise, you cannot uncouple yearning for his failure from yearning for the failure of America. And we know which one you’re doing, you’ve made no bones about it. Country first…yeah, right.

No, if Obama succeeds, and the nation thrives, it means that you were wrong…and you can’t have that, even if it means the return of our nation to the prominence it enjoyed about eight years ago. It’s the same reason you can’t let gay people get married. If you do, and the world doesn’t crumble, it means you and your silly book were wrong.

I can think of very few people I know, especially “liberals,” who opposed our entrance into Afghanistan when Bush wanted to chase Osama Bin Laden. We may not have voted for Bush, but we stood behind him – we wanted him to be right, for the sake of our country. We turned on him when he turned on us with his ridiculous invasion of Iraq. We absolutely did give Bush a chance. We took on the role of the loyal opposition, and we stood behind him as our President when he rightly reacted to the horror of Sept 11th.

He asked America to put the sword in his hand and trust him, and that is exactly what we did. But we also expected him to do the right thing and he didn't. He said he would use the power we handed him only if it were necessary…and he lied. It was then and only then that we questioned his judgment and actions and started speaking out about it.

With that in mind, I call on those of you who opposed Obama to at least give our new President a chance. Refusal to do so is just not the American way, and it belies your giddy anticipation for each time the United States might stumble over the next four years – only because it would make you “right,” even at the expense of our country.

You droned it for over a year: “Country first.” Time to own up to it.

Thanks to my father and a friend for the inspiration, and portions of this blog.

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Who Are Teh Juggernauts?

Ryan:

Ryan is the angry one. He argues as eloquently as he is able until he gets frustrated with people ignoring his logic and changing the subject; then he whips it out and blatantly mocks mo'fuggas. One time, Ryan beat up a velociraptor.

Amber is the researcher. She will tell you why you are wrong and back it up with citations. She is grueling away in a doctoral program in Experimental Psychology at University of Arkansas. Her soft spot for reason and logic has led to a intelligence paraphilia. Her other hobbies include talking about sex and dumpster diving.

If the question concerns science or the rejection of god, JT will likely be unable to resist weighing in. JT co-founded the MSU Chapter of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, which he lead for a year. He also started the MSU Atheist Alliance. JT has had letters and guest columns published in several newspapers, including the Standard and the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. In the Fall of 2007, JT was a panelist for the MSU Open Forum on Faith.

Lauren is the resident badass of the group. She is responsible for making the others part of the most kickass shenanigans her retardedly awesome mind can come up with. An art major at MSU, she spends most of her time making pretty pretty FSM inspired pictures to get people talking about religion and life in general. Additionally, she has been classically trained to rock your fuckin' socks off. Give 'em a taste, LA.

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